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== Your [[WP:Good articles|GA]] nomination of [[Rogue One]] ==
== Your [[WP:Good articles|GA]] nomination of [[Rogue One]] ==
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've [[Talk:Rogue One/GA1{{!}}begun reviewing]] the article [[Rogue One]] you nominated for [[WP:GA|GA]]-status according to the [[WP:WIAGA|criteria]]. [[File:Time2wait.svg|20px|link=]] This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. <!-- Template:GANotice --> <!-- Template:GANotice --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:ChristieBot|ChristieBot]], on behalf of [[User:Cambalachero|Cambalachero]]</small> -- [[User:Cambalachero|Cambalachero]] ([[User talk:Cambalachero|talk]]) 15:42, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've [[Talk:Rogue One/GA1{{!}}begun reviewing]] the article [[Rogue One]] you nominated for [[WP:GA|GA]]-status according to the [[WP:WIAGA|criteria]]. [[File:Time2wait.svg|20px|link=]] This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. <!-- Template:GANotice --> <!-- Template:GANotice --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:ChristieBot|ChristieBot]], on behalf of [[User:Cambalachero|Cambalachero]]</small> -- [[User:Cambalachero|Cambalachero]] ([[User talk:Cambalachero|talk]]) 15:42, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

== Question from [[User:SGLOC VENA|SGLOC VENA]] on [[User:SGLOC VENA]] (19:24, 11 July 2024) ==

SGLOC VENA is a gangster name which stand for.secreat.gang.local.original.cine --[[User:SGLOC VENA|SGLOC VENA]] ([[User talk:SGLOC VENA|talk]]) 19:24, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Old Man Muses (21:58, 15 June 2024)

I do not plan to edit - why have they changed the format from a plain search entry? --Old Man Muses (talk) 21:58, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Old Man Muses! Not sure what you are asking for here. Could you clarify a little? Thanks! Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 14:36, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stay nice - lol

You seem to be all over my mistakes, which is terrific. Because there aren't enough people to tell me I'M WRONG. I'm not wrong - I just don't know how to provide factual information. I didn't know people would be so rude. I'm trying to figure out how to provide factual, verifiable information, but no one seems to want to tell me how to do that, including you.

Nor do I know where or how to state that I am employed by Brigham and Women's Hospital. I hate Wikipedia and will never donate again.

I don't understand some of these pages. If you can't be helpful, stop trolling, please. DWB Executive Assistant (talk) 15:19, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DWB Executive Assistant, I have done my best to be as informative as I could in this thread. I have provided you with links on how to declare your conflict-of-interest, and I don't see where I was being rude/trolling (examples would help before making such accusations). Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 15:25, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Avoid relisting for the 3rd time

Happy to see you participating in the meta of the Xfprocess. Nobody should be relisting for the third time. Even frequent 3rd time relisters know this (and shed a little tear when they must do so). Let admins make the calls which might be later disputed. On the other hand I strongly encourage you to keep making bold choices, some of which might later turn out to be sub-optimal. No harm here, and if I didn't care about your efforts I'd have stayed silent. You're doing fine by me. BusterD (talk) 15:33, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for your helpful comments @BusterD! I will not be relisting AfDs a 3rd time from now on . Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 15:35, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Respondnow911 (18:50, 17 June 2024)

Hi. Just signed up. Wanted to say hi. --Respondnow911 (talk) 18:50, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Respondnow911! Hope you're liking it around here . I'm always available should you ever have any questions! Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 18:58, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Review

Hi Cocobb8,

I just wanted to say thank you for looking into and contributing edits to my first page I created: Draft:Mark Kotter I welcome any recommendations on what needs to be improved so that article would pass next review and get published. Thank you for helping.

Kind regards,

Damjana Damjana12 (talk) 21:13, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Damjana12! Thanks for reaching out for improving the draft .
I've taken a look at the draft, and have a few comments:
  • The picture you uploaded is listed as "own work". I would assume you are the person who this draft is about? If so, note that you must disclose that as it constitutes a conflict-of-interest. Instructions on how to do so here.
  • The first time the person is mentioned, they full name should be used, which is what you did. The times after that, they should only be referred to by their last name. A complete guide on how that works here.
  • Section titles should be capitalized (only the first letter)
  • Use citations to your own publishings sparingly, per WP:SELFCITING.
  • Try to keep the sources to those that show independent, secondary, significant coverage (i.e. reliable sources) of yourself, as this will help demonstrating that you are notable (by Wikipedia's standards). Though, you will see that there are alternative criteria there, but sources are the best way to demonstrate notability.
Other tidbits about autobiographies can be found here.
Let me know if you have any other questions; I'd be glad to help!
Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 13:12, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Cocobb8,
Thank you so much for helping, your feedback and links to resources. Will look at it now and try to further improve. This is my first article so I'm still learning but it is very interesting and I would like to contribute more in the future once I get the basics right with this one. I took the picture myself after a conference on networking event, Mark had an interesting talk there and I thought to build a page about the interesting work he has been doing.
Many thanks,
Damjana Damjana12 (talk) 19:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Damjana12, thanks for clarifying! If you do not know them personally, that would not constitute a conflict of interest, so no need to disclose it. Let me know if you encounter issues or have other questions as you work on the draft. Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 19:24, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you again I've read the links and went to edit what you recommended, I appreciate your support on this. Damjana12 (talk) 20:11, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Articles for deletion/Chumbak TV closing statement

Hi. When you closed WP:Articles for deletion/Chumbak TV, you wrote It is always better to redirect rather than delete per WP:ATD.diff That is not faithful to WP:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion as written. The interpretation of ATD is disputed and was last discussed at WT:Deletion policy/Archive 51#Prefatory material on alternatives (October–December 2023). Would you consider removing that sentence from your closing statement? Flatscan (talk) 04:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Flatscan, thanks for pointing this out, I have modified my closing statement and will be careful with similar closings in the future .
Cheers! Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 13:16, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your quick response! Happy editing! Flatscan (talk) 04:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Mathemagicians (06:00, 19 June 2024)

Hello How do I edit already entered information which is not up to date and underwent a change in the last few days --Mathemagicians (talk) 06:00, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Mathemagicians, what page would this be about, and what specifically needs to be updated? You should be able to edit the page yourself (unless it has some kind of protection). Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 13:17, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help with references

Hey, you declined my article submission for "The Wind (South Korean band)", and I was wonder if you could help me with references? You said you'd like to see a reduction in Twitter as a source (understandable) but I couldn't find more reliable sources for the places where I referenced Twitter. One of the member reveals seems to have been reported on by a news site (I have added this to the draft article), but not the others. Also, An Chanwon coming back from hiatus was not reported on anywhere, and it was only semi-confirmed by him being included in posts on the group's socials (he has since performed with the group so he is definitely back). What do you suggest I do to fix this and bring the article up to standard? Octoflops (talk) 13:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, should mention that here's the link to the draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_(South_Korean_band) Octoflops (talk) 13:39, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait never mind sorry it's not a draft anymore, feel free to ignore this message! Octoflops (talk) 13:41, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, @Octoflops . The draft was on a really good way, and the reason why I declined it was quite a minor thought. I should probably have accepted it and tagged it for improvements later on, but it has been already published in the mainspace. Cheers! Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 14:31, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Yiayia42 (10:33, 26 June 2024)

Hello, Would like to add photos to my Great Uncles site. How do I do that? --Yiayia42 (talk) 10:33, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Yiayia42, what article is that for? See this guide for how to add pictures. You must be the copyright owner of the photos you wish to add! Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 12:55, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thomas Xenakis Olympic Gymnast 1896 modern olympics, my great Uncle..want to add his photo and Olymic Medal to his site..how can I do it? Or can you? Yiayia42 (talk) 09:26, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Yiayia42, please take a look at this guide which explains how to upload pcitures and how to determine copyright of the photo. Then, use this wizard to submit an edit request to the article (as you have just declared you have a conflict of interest with that person, you should not be editing the page directly yourself). In that edit request, say something like "I am requesting that the following image be added to his infobox" (which would place the image in the appropriate location).
Hopefully that answers your question, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 12:10, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from 0Hugo-12 (17:19, 26 June 2024)

I want to write a biography about a person --0Hugo-12 (talk) 17:19, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@0Hugo-12, see Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons for general information. You can also find more information about creating your first article here. Let me know if you come up with any questions after reading those two articles. Cheers! Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 21:43, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Mummifiedman1234 (15:14, 28 June 2024)

Hello, I have edited before but tell me if I do anything wrong please. Also, i am making a page on mummification bondage, can you tell me what specifically is wrong with it? They keep rejecting for citing, but I have added 9 citations with what seems to be credible sources. --Mummifiedman1234 (talk) 15:14, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Mummifiedman1234! The issue with your draft is that it relies on some sources that are considered unreliable for use as a Wikipedia citation (see WP:NPPSG for some listing of the reliability of publishers. You'll also find a list of those that are considered reliable there too). Let me know if you have other questions, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 15:39, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Mummifiedman1234 (16:18, 28 June 2024)

Well the topic I am covering is not really covered by big news companies that are considered reliable, but I know a lot about the topic, I have experienced it before. How should I fix it? --Mummifiedman1234 (talk) 16:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mummifiedman1234, the issue with "knowing a lot about what I'm talking about" is that it is considered original research, which is not allowed by any means on Wikipedia. What you are writing about must always be referenced to reliable, published sources. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 14:00, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Mummifiedman1234 (14:45, 29 June 2024)

Ok, can you check the article to see if it would work? --Mummifiedman1234 (talk) 14:45, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mummifiedman1234, I'll leave it up to another reviewer to review the draft since I was providing you feedback earlier. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 14:58, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Wendy Maria Morava (22:08, 2 July 2024)

Hello CocoBB,

I have a question; I'm trying to learn how to write a biography page about an Albanian artist. The page and article do not exist yet; how can I create them? Thank you in advance! --Wendy Maria Morava (talk) 22:08, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Wendy Maria Morava! I suggest you take a thorough look at this full guide, which goes over everything you need to know about creating your first article. If you have any questions after reading it, let me know!
Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 22:14, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sounds great, @TheTechie, thank you a lot! I will test it over the next few weeks (maybe months, also going on a Wikibreak soon) but will get you some feedback soon . Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 20:54, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Your GA nomination of Rogue One

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